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Cybersecurity and the Chinese Threat (video)

Foreign Affairs Focus On: Cybersecurity & the Chinese Threat with Dmitri Alperovitch - Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman interviews the former vice president of threat research at McAfee, discussing the danger cyber espionage poses to U.S. national and economic security. Should the government or the private sector put in the resources to combat state, corporate, and individual actors trying to infiltrate U.S. systems? Read more on cyberstrategy on http://www.ForeignAffairs.com

United States, European Union collaborate on cybersecurity, incident ...
Military & Aerospace Electronics (blog)
Through the EU-US Working Group on Cybersecurity–including representatives from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), the Department of Justice, EU member states, and the European Commission–stakeholders ...

Cyber security: War without end
Amarillo.com
Mac Thornberry stopped by the other day to talk about cyber security, something in which he has a huge stake. The Clarendon Republican chaired a House select committee tasked with making recommendations on how to make our vast Internet information ...

State of UAB's IT explored
UAB Kaleidoscope
Yvonna Marshall, a freshman studying math and technology, said, “CyberSecurity Day is a good idea because it informs people about cyber security issues.” She advised students to “be safe on Facebook. Don't open 'iffy' messages or use generic, ...

Ex-U S general urges frank talk on cyber weapons
Moneycontrol.com
Cartwright, who raised the profile of cyber security issues while still in uniform, told Reuters in an interview that the increasing intensity and frequency of network attacks by hackers underscored the need for an effective deterrent. ...

Misha Glenny: Why you can't trust the cybercrime stats
Wired.co.uk
... together the stats, cybersecurity in its various forms is now worth about £63 billion a year. The London-based business consultant Visiongain found that in 2010, western governments spent $35.5 billion on telecommunications and cyber security. ...

CYBER THREAT TO GAMES
Express.co.uk
This is the fear of one of Britain's leading experts on cyber security who has warned all traders, banks and financial institutions to act now to shore up systems against an attack next July. The London Olympics is billed as the first “truly digital ...

N.J. gets lesson in computer security
NorthJersey.com
Many of the details sounded like scenes from the Fox television show “24,” and one speaker, Seton Hall University Law School Professor David Opderbeck, even noted that his interest in cyber-security was motivated partly by the adventures of the show's ...

Tech jobs multiplying here, but many don't go to locals
San Antonio Express
The local tech industry covers a wide array of sectors, from IT and call centers to cybersecurity, which has a big presence with the National Security Agency and the 24th Air Force Cyber Command. The number of tech jobs in the Alamo City is cloudy ...

US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime
Houston Chronicle
US officials and cybersecurity experts said the US must openly confront China and Russia in a broad diplomatic push to combat cyberattacks that are on the rise and represent a "persistent threat to US economic security." Experts said Thursday that ...

Dallas company arms Interpol in cyber wars
Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Shortly after 9/11, Conner spoke to a joint session of Congress about cybersecurityand terrorism. The following June, he stood before NATO in Norfolk, Va. His talk: “You've learned to fight on air, land and sea. The next front will be in cyber. ...

Praxis Establishes Scholarship At AACC | Eye On Annapolis
By EOA Staff
“We are very excited about the tremendous work AACC is doing in the STEM arena, particularly the college's focus on the cybersecurity field,” stated Jerry Schepers, Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at Praxis. ...
Eye On Annapolis

FBI, Attorney General's Office Win Cybersecurity Innovation Award
ExecutiveGov
The FBI and the Attorney General's office have both been recognized by the SANS Institute with the 2011 US National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for techniques used in cyber law enforcement and through use of the computer virus' own command and ...

U.S., Europe Do First Joint Exercise On Cybersecurity
InformationWeek
In the exercise, a targeted attack attempted to extract and publish online secret data from the cyber security agencies of EU members, Rock said. In a second, the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system in wind turbines in Europe was ...

Cyber Atlantic 2011 Shows Cyber Security Has No Borders
IT Business Edge (blog)
The first was a targeted, stealth APT (advanced persistent threat) attack aimed at extracting and publishing online secret information from EU member states' cybersecurity agencies. The second simulation focused on the disruption of supervisory control ...

Think your computer is safe? Think again
Globe and Mail
They are a welcome addition to the body of publications on cyber-security for anyone desiring to know more than generalities about why effective computer security remains so elusive. But in the fast-evolving world of cyber-security, keep in mind that ...

Is Government Website in India under attack?
Blogger News Network (blog)
With CERT-In being the nodal agency for Cyber Security it is surprising that there is no alternative back up plan or DRP for setting the error right within a short time. Recently it was pointed out that an Uranium Enrichment plant in Mysore was under a ...

CIA and NSA Websites Invite Children
ABC News (blog)
The NSA has games, puzzles and a cast of animal security officers, including Rosetta Stone the multilingual fox, Crypto Cat, who learned code breaking from an elderly Navajo nanny, and Cy and Cyndi, the cybersecurity twins welcomed into the CryptoKids ...

Data recovery start-up is answer to a student nightmare
The Guardian
It is a testimony to the level of confidence our students now have in their skills and the entrepreneurship to spot a rising market in cybersecurity of which our School of Computing, Telecommunications and Networks has a deep technical insight. ...

BT urged to block Pirate Bay site
The Press Association
"The question of key concern is whether BT and other ISPs (internet service providers) should be able to inspect everything you see and do online to ensure that you're not looking at a website. A perfect storm of cyber security, child protection and ...

Budget cuts won't stop DOD IT spending in 2012, forecast predicts
Washington Technology
That diverse approach will at least partially drive some of DOD's key spending in 2012, including the areas of mobile communications, tactical and airborne capabilities, standardization for a common operating environment, cybersecurity and modular ...

What's Biosurveillance Got to Do with Infosec?
GovInfoSecurity.com (blog)
Neither the terms information security nor cybersecurity appear in the 101-page document. Still, on reflection, it would be short sighted for managers and professionals involved in IT security, especially for those who support individuals and ...

Under the radar: UK tech firms to look out for (Part II)
Interactive Investor
Chief executive Mike Riley commented: "The continued development of our product portfolio, and the increasing need for a growing range of organisations to address their cyber security requirements, are broadening our addressable market going forward. ...

Security Watch
SecurityInfoWatch
Davis noted "new standards coming to the grid to all of the utilities all over the world about cyber security will dramatically change the processes of the grid." One of the ways the company is ensuring utility revenue metering is with its Square D ...